William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt
William Hazlittwas an English writer, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell. He is also acknowledged as the finest art critic of his age. Despite his high standing among historians of literature and art, his work is currently little read and mostly out of print...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth10 April 1778
wise self cease
That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.
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The most learned are often the most narrow minded.
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Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.
love life hands
Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!
love envy justice
Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune.
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Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.
tired grows defects
We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects.
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An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.
hatred littles indifference
Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is immortal.
essence world prejudice
Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to the prejudices of the world.
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Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day, are like the smith's bellows: they take breath but are not alive.
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Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.
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To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us.
ambition incentives
The incentive to ambition is the love of power.